
2 – 10
Remote Operation
2.4.5
Autocalibration Commands
The SIM980 has an internal o
ff
set trimming circuit (see section 1.2.1.3).
The following set of commands provides detailed control over this
subsystem.
Arm Autocalibration
ARMC(?) [
z
]
Test and set (or query) the armed flag for autocalibration. If
z
=
(
FORCE
1
), the armed flag is set without testing.
The o
ff
set autocalibration proceedure requires that all inputs to the
SIM980 be at 0 V (that is, either open or shorted to ground). The
ARMC
command performs a test of all 4 channels to ensure that each
input is less than
∼
500
µ
V amplitude. If all four channels are okay,
the armed flag is set; otherwise it is cleared. The entire test takes
about 15 seconds to complete.
If
ARMC
FORCE
is set, the armed flag will be set without performing
any test of the input channels.
ARMC; ARMC?
Example:
1
Perform O
ff
set Autocalibration
ACAL
If the armed flag is set (see
ARMC
, above), an
ACAL
command will
initiate an o
ff
set autocalibration cycle. The entire process takes be-
tween 30 s and 90 s, and should ideally be performed only after the
SIM980 has been allowed to warm up at least 30 minutes.
ACAL; *OPC?
Example:
1
O
ff
set Value
OFST(?)
i
{
,j
}
Set (query) the low-level o
ff
set trim for channel
i
{
to
j
=
(
0
. . .
255
)
}
.
The result of the
ACAL
command is stored at 6 low-level o
ff
set trims.
The
OFST
allows direct access to these values. The input-channel-
specific o
ff
set for channels 1 through 4 are stored in
i
=
1 through 4,
respectively. For these settings, increasing
j
causes the input o
ff
set
adjust to decrease by about 6
µ
V per count.
i
=
5 and 6 both adjust the summing node o
ff
set voltage. Increasing
j
for
i
=
5 causes the output voltage to decrease (by about 4.4
µ
V per
count), while increasing
j
for
i
=
6 causes the output voltage to
increase
(with roughly the same sensitivity).
All 6 o
ff
set values can be simultaneously set to a single value
j
by
OFST
0,j
. Note, however, there is no corresponding multi-channel
SIM980
Analog Summing Amplifier